Yoga Vacation Program
December 9, 2026

Likhita Japa: Writing the Divine Name

Sivani (Alessia Reggiani)

In the stillness that emerges through writing the Divine Name, the practice becomes more than writing. The outer gesture gradually turns inward: repetition gathers the mind, deepens devotion, and brings awareness toward the living presence of the mantra within. In this inward quiet, we begin to turn away from what is constantly changing and toward the deeper Self that Vedanta teaches is our true nature.

Likhita Japa is the devotional practice of writing a mantra or Divine Name again and again, allowing the hand, eyes, and mind to become absorbed in a single sacred focus. Through this concentrated repetition, the act of writing becomes a prayer, meditation, and offering. Rooted in Swami Sivananda’s teachings on Japa, this workshop offers an opportunity to explore Likhita Japa and practice together in a spirit of concentration, devotion, and remembrance of the Divine.

Offered as 1 workshop (subject to change).

The workshop associated with this Yoga Vacation Program is an afternoon workshop.  Click here to read more about the Yoga Vacation Program details and view the ashram schedule for yoga classes and meals during your stay. We suggest you arrive at least one day prior to the start of your program for the optimal experience.

Sivani is a certified Sivananda Yoga teacher, visual artist, and art educator with an advanced academic background in contemporary and studio art. She has studied and worked for many years between New York and Italy, developing a multidisciplinary art practice across a wide range of media, exploring perception, materiality, identity, and transformation.

In recent years, her spiritual path and study of Yoga and Vedanta have brought a new dimension to her artistic practice. Her current research brings these two paths together, exploring how the creative process can transcend the individual ego and become a practice of concentration, contemplation, devotion, and Self-inquiry. She now seeks to share this exploration with others, inviting the creative act to become a path inward, an offering rooted in devotion, surrender, and connection with the Divine.

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